Im trying to do writing like this where you write and quote but im not 100% sure as to how the quotations would work or not and i need help like an example pls thx

Diary Entry The news that the Civil War has ended just reached the town where you live. Pick one of the persons listed below and write a Diary Entry from that person's point of view. + a soldier in a hospital recovering from injury or iliness. who can't return home yet + 3 soldier who returns home after four years at war to find everything radically altered + a mother whose son will not be returning home aformerly enslaved person who is trying to locate relatives = an army commander whose post-war duties include contacting families to tell them their loved ones were Killed in action @ public figure who wants to influence the nation's recovery Include details from additional resources, if necessary